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EMMET o. EAIN AND GEORGE o. PosToN, or GRANBUEY, TEXAS.

SHOW-CAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,151, dated April30, 1889.

Serial No. 296,046. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom v5-11mg concern:

Be it known that we, EMMET C. FAIN and GEORGE C. PosToN, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Granbury, in the county of Hood and State ofTexas, have invented 'new and useful Improvements in 'Show-Cases, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in show-cases; and it consists incertain novel features, hereinafter' described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of ourimproved show* case, showing it closed. Fig. 2 is a plan view with thetop removed and the doors swung open to their fullest extent. Fig-.3 isa front view with the doors open, and Fig. 4 is a detail view showingthe secondary or adjustable shelves.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the base, which Aissubstantially trian-V gular in shape, the corners being cut away toeconomize room, so that its appearance is that of an irregular heXagon.At one corner of the base-we erect a standard, B, and at the oppositeside of the base we providethe stationary side C, which is provided withapane The roof or top E of the device is secured to and supported by theside C and the standard B, and between the said side and standard wearrange a'series of shelves, F. The said shelves are triangular inshape, corresponding to the shape of .the

case, and are adapted to hold goods to be displayed through the side Cof the device.

At the edges ofthesides C we provide the standards or jambs G, to whichthe doors II are hinged. A The said doors are substantially trapezoidalin horizontal section, so that they will provide room for the shelves I,which are secured to and extend between their sides or edges, and thedoors are so proportioned that i their free edges will come togetherjust beyond the standard B, so that when the doors' are swung togetherthe'device will be entirely closed. The doors are provided with panes ofglass J, through which the goods placed on the shelves I will bedisplayed.

To the under sides of the shelves I we secure the supplemental orextensible shelves K, which are adapted to be drawn out from beneath theshelves I, when it is desired to sell some of thegoods on the saidshelves I.

The shelves K aresecured to the shelves I by means of the headed boltsor pins L, which are passed upward through slots M in the saidsupplemental shelves into the shelves I. The said supplemental shelvesare thus supported beneath the shelves I, and can be easily drawn outfrom beneath the same when so desired. l In practice the ,goods to bedisplayed are placed on the shelves I and F and the doors then closed,so that goods will be displayed through all three sides of the device,as will be readily understood.

When it is desired to sell some of the goods on the shelves carried bythe doors, the supplemental shelves are drawn out, so that the goods maybe supported thereby, and consequently obviate the necessity of removingthe goods entirely from the show-case.

Our device-is adapted for use on a counter, in a show-window, or uponthe iioor of a storeroom. By throwing the doors open to their fullestextent all of the goods in the case can be brought within the range ofvision, so that they can be inspected without the necessity of turningthe case or the purchaser walking around the case, and the constructionis such that the doors can never come into contact with each other whenopen, so that breaking of the glass or springing of the'hinges willbeprevented. When the doors are opened to their full extent, their edgeswillcome into contact with the end portions of the closed lside of thecase, so that they will be prevented from swinging together, which wouldbe liable to injure the doors, and also prevent the goods displayedthrough the closed side of the case being seen. Then the doors areclosed, the device will occupy but very little room, while at the sametime presenting a large displaying-surface.

Our improved show-case is provided with vertical rod N on one of thesides of the doors, and a measure, O, is loosely mounted on this rod, soas to be moved along the same and be within convenient reach of theoperator when l it is desired to measure off goods.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. lThe combination, with the case, of the doors, the shelves secured tothe doors, the

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supplemental shelves arranged beneath the saline and having transverseslots, and the headed pins or bolts inserted through sind slots into theshelves secured to the doors7 as Set forth,

- '2. show-ease consisting of a casing havlnga base, a rigid side on thebase, and a stamt ard opposite the said side, doors hinged to the rigidside and adapted to close around the standard, the shelves securedbetween the l side and t-he standard, and the shelves secu red to thedoors, as set forth.

The combination of the frame having' one closed side and two open sidesand being sub-

